Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Luis Vaz-Pinto as managing director, head of equity syndicate, within the global finance division.
Mr Vaz-Pinto will be based in Paris and will report to Alvaro Huete, global head of syndicate.
Mr Vaz-Pinto joined Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking from Troika Dialog where he was head of syndicate and corporate broking from 2008.
Mr Vaz-Pinto started his career in 1991 in London at Baring Securities as head of Portuguese sales and research. In 1996, he joined Merrill Lynch where he spent 10 years, holding positions in equity syndicate, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He was also head of ECM for France, Belgium and Iberia. In 2005, he joined JP Morgan where he was head of Europe Middle East and Africa equity syndicate and corporate broking.